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Recipient: Rav Shlomo Zalman Hakohen Kook, Rav Kook’s father
Body: My son wrote to you, especially about some craftsmen, who based on the agitation of one of them, planned to upset me. Thank G-d, I am interested in the peace of all, young and old, wise and ignorant. I will not relinquish my naiveté, to judge everyone in the most positive light and treat everyone with kindness. The fact that I showed a little resentment is just in comparison to what people might think that I would not take note of them at all because they are poor or simple. Heaven forbid that a child of yours would think that way.
Igrot Hare’aya (200)
Beit Din Eretz Hemda - Gazit
173 - Update to a Brother
174 - Update for His Father
175 - Forming a Council in Wadi Hanin
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It is so important now to increase the pervasiveness of complete belief in Hashem, regarding all the occurrences He arranges. [I refer to His control over nations], especially the Kingdom of Turkey, which is Hashem’s doing, [for the welfare of] the "Land of the Deer" that is under their control until the time of the redemption. Matters are taking form secretly, "under the ground" to speed up the process, whose time has come. This awakening of consolation is truly the cure for the doldrums of the collective and the individual. We must thank Hashem for giving light to this dark, lowly generation, with a flashing of salvation for the Holy Land in a manner unprecedented since our exile. He has done so for His sake, with our only spiritual preparation being Bnei Yisrael’s intention to move in the direction of returning to Hashem’s Land like doves flying to their nests, even though many of us do not even know the significance and content of this return. It will not take much longer for the true light to be revealed; the Arm of Hashem, outstretched since the Exodus from Egypt, and from the beginning of history and forever, will be seen and revealed for all spirits and souls to experience.
[Rav Kook’s then inquires about his father’s health and encourages him to move to Israel, where he might see health benefits from the blessed Land.]
Here, in the moshava (Rechovot), there is a new, positive development, brought on by the echo of the sound of the ingathering of exiles to the Holy Land, which arrived from Yemen. This has brought many of our brethren, who live in Yemen under great pressure in a very terrible exile, to the Holy Land. These are people who suffice with very little. Most of them are connected to Torah; almost none among them are ignorant, and they are all very G-d fearing. Some became workers in the moshava. It is very good that they take the place of the problematic Jews coming from Russia, the worst of whom are not capable of having a place in Eretz Yisrael. Hashem should grasp the edges of the Land and shake the evil from it (see Iyov 38:13).
These Yemenites are healthy people, who like to work. They pray publicly three times a day, with intention, in a special room prepared for them by the main synagogue. They act as is customary in their place, which is much closer to the original customs of Israel. We are glad to see the ingathering – these from the North and these from the South, all of whom have turned to the Desired Land with love and joy that they were fortunate that Hashem brought them to the Holy Land. They do their agricultural work with love. Some guard the fields, while also studying Torah with diligence and fear of Hashem. There are no disputes in their neighborhood. Even though some of them have more than one wife (up to four), they live quiet lives. We expect many more to come to work in the moshavot, may their numbers increase along with other members of the lost flock.
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Igrot Hare’aya Description of New Yeshiva’s Goals to a Supporter – #328
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Igrot Hare’aya Language of Instruction for Rav Kook’s Yeshiva – #325
Date and Place: 4 Elul 5670 (1910), Yafo
Igrot Hare’aya Excitement over a Friend’s New Newspaper – #319
Date and Place: 4 Menachem Av 5670 (1910), Rechovot
Igrot Hare’aya Worse on the Outside, Better on the Inside – #332
Date and Place: 26 Elul 5670 (1910), Yafo
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
